Damara-Nama

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Damara-Nama is a Khoisan language variety spoken primarily by the Damara people of Namibia, closely related to the Nama language and characterized by its use of click consonants.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Damara/Nama 1
Nama-Damara 1

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khoisan language variety
click language
language
closelyRelatedTo Nama language NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Dama NERFINISHED
Damara NERFINISHED
Khoekhoegowab variety
hasClickType alveolar clicks
dental clicks
lateral clicks
palatal clicks
hasDomain cultural and ritual practices of Damara people
daily communication in Damara communities
hasEthnicGroup Damara people NERFINISHED
hasLanguageFamily Khoisan NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative morphology
subject–verb–object order
hasPhonologicalFeature click consonants
tonal contrasts
hasStatus minority language in Namibia
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Nama language NERFINISHED
isSpokenAsFirstLanguageBy Damara people NERFINISHED
isSpokenAsSecondLanguageIn Namibia NERFINISHED
isUsedIn oral tradition of Damara people
storytelling among Damara communities
traditional songs of Damara people
region central Namibia
northwestern Namibia
spokenIn Namibia NERFINISHED
spokenPrimarilyBy Damara people NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Khoe languages NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nama language alternateName Damara-Nama
this entity surface form: Nama-Damara
Damara language hasAlternativeName Damara-Nama
Usakos languageSpoken Damara-Nama
this entity surface form: Damara/Nama